Cumbres & Toltec to appear in NBC miniseries pilot

The second SLST charter of the day storms through the Narrows on its way to Cumbres- Photo by Richard Stevens

Filming will begin on a pilot episode of a proposed miniseries by NBC Entertainment crews this month on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. It is a post-Civil War story titled “Reconstruction” about a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a Missouri border town.

The crew has planned a day of shooting in Chama and another near Antonito, Colo., on C&TS track. At least two days of preparation and two days of post-shoot dismantling will be needed.

If the studio succeeds in pitching the story to the NBC network, crews will resume shooting in northern New Mexico for a dozen episodes.

“We are thrilled to be part of NBC’s pilot,” said Nick Quintana, a spokesman for C&TS’s management company. “This is a very exciting launch to the all-new Cumbres & Toltec (Scenic Railroad) 2011 season.”

Universal Media Studios will shoot “Reconstruction” for NBC Entertainment, and the filming will include the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama. Nick Quintana, spokesman for the railroad, said the company is thrilled to be part of …

CHAMA, NM — The reality of spring came to the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad March 22, as crews started the first fires of the season in the fireboxes of Locomotive 487 in Chama and 488 in Antonito, Colorado. …

CHAMA, NM (alamosanews) The reality of spring came to the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad March 22, as crews started the first fires of the season in the fireboxes of Locomotive 487 in Chama and 488 in Antonito, Colorado. …